EveryFriday, we take a quick look back at the week and highlight fivemembers or moments that were especially awesome. Here’s who and whatrocked it out this week. Also we want to know how or what you think killed it this week on the site so help us out with your comments below. 5. The MostRead… Read more »
The gulf oil spill was apparently enough to cause a government shuffle. It was announced yesterday that 2 new agencies will be made to make sure that energy development is promoted and safety is enforced. According to the Washington Post the 2 new agencies will come out of a split of the Bureau of OceanRead… Read more »
That question – “How can I convince my colleagues to stick around?” – -was posed by an audience member at an event that I attended this morning which launched a new report called “Keeping Talent: Strategies for Retaining Valued Federal Employees.” The report was produced by the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton,Read… Read more »
President Obama’s seeing red…tape, that is. And he’s asked every Federal agency to consider cutting it out. Lori Montgomery of the Washington Post reported today in this article: Obama orders all fed agencies to review regulations A few more details are found below: President Obama on Tuesday ordered every federal agency to conduct a systematicRead… Read more »
I am currently a student at The Maxwell School at Syracuse University working towards my Masters in Public Administration. I use this blog to write about my experiences at Maxwell, especially related to social media use in the public sector. You can follow me on Twitter: @pjfiorenza and please feel free to leave some comments!Read… Read more »
A week ago, I was having some issues with my laptop and I happened to mention it to the neighbor kid (okay, so he’s really more of a young man as a 20-year old college sophomore. studying computer science..but the older I get, the younger they look!). Anyway, while he was helping me fix myRead… Read more »
Literally in every GovLoop live chat, online training, or speech I give, I always get two questions “What are tips to having a large and successful Facebook page?” and “What is a good example of a government Facebook page?” *****This is draft 3 with comments incorporated (thanks everyone) – leave comments for me and I’llRead… Read more »
I happen to be in Washington, DC, this week to welcome our new fellows and connect with a few other folks while I’m in town. So it’s only appropriate that I’m posting this week’s GovGoodies prize contest as we’re helping SeeClickFix to announce the launch of a Civic Points contest with the District of Columbia.Read… Read more »
This morning I woke up and read an interesting post about whether an advertisement could help change government perception. I don’t know if the answer is a yes or no even though personally I think that it can’t do anything but help but that’s not the question I’m really asking. Rather I want to knowRead… Read more »
You’ve probably noticed this week that we’ve been rolling out a ton of new stuff on GovLoop. We really want 2011 to be the year of awesome in the community and we’re off to good start. The week has flown by and I figured I’d give everybody a breakdown of the cool things we’ve doneRead… Read more »